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Table 1 Characteristics of the participants

From: The effect of health and nutrition education intervention on women's postpartum beliefs and practices: a randomized controlled trial

 

Urban n = 142

Rural n = 160

Total n = 302

 

Intervention

Control

Intervention

Control

Intervention

Control

 

n = 73 (%)

n = 69 (%)

n = 81 (%)

n = 79 (%)

n = 154 (%)

n = 148 (%)

Age (years)

      

< 25

21(28.77)

19(27.54)

26(32.10)

28(35.44)

47(30.52)

47(31.76)

25–30

45(61.64)

38(55.07)

43(53.09)

43(54.43)

88(57.14)

81(54.73)

> 30

7(9.59)

12(17.39)

12(14.81)

8(10.13)

19(12.34)

20(13.51)

Education

      

Primary school

4(5.84)

2(2.90)

18(22.22)

21(26.58)

22(14.29)

23(15.54)

Middle school

21(28.77)

24(34.78)

52(64.20)

46(58.23)

73(47.40)

70(47.30)

High school

18(24.66)

27(39.13

9(11.11)

11(13.92)

27(17.53)

38(25.68)

College

30(41.10)

16(23.19)

2(2.47)

1(1.27)

32(20.78)

17(11.48)

Occupation

      

Laborer

12(16.44)

18(26.09)

14(17.28)

1(1.27)

26(16.88)

19(12.84)

Farmer

2(2.74)

1(1.45)

59(72.84)

73(92.41)

61(39.61)

74(50.0)

Technical

8(10.96)

3(4.35)

2(2.47)

1(1.27)

10(6.49)

4(2.70)

Government official

11(15.07)

5(7.25)

0

1(1.27)

11(7.14)

6(4.05)

Trader

4(5.48)

2(2.90)

0

1(1.27)

4(2.60)

3(2.03)

House duty

36(49.32)

40(57.97)

6(7.41)

2(2.53)

42(27.27)

42(28.38)

Delivery way

      

Vaginal delivery

35(47.95)

27(39.13)

27(33.33)

41(51.90)

62(40.26)

68(45.95)

Cesarean section

38(52.05)

42(60.87)

54(66.67)

38(48.10)

92(59.74)

80(54.05)

Parity

      

Primiparous

67(91.78)

63(91.3)

66(81.48)

68(86.08)

133(86.36)

131(88.51)

Multiparous

6(8.22)

6(8.70)

15(18.52)

11(13.92)

21(13.64)

17(11.49)